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Airbus Delivers Inmarsat-6 Satellite to Florida Ahead of SpaceX Launch
Airbus has delivered the Inmarsat-6 to Florida ahead of its February launch, the manufacturer announced Monday. The Inmarsat satellite, I-6 F2, is part of the operator’s work to upgrade its […]
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Isar Aerospace Signs Rideshare Deal with Spaceflight, Works Toward First Flight
Isar Aerospace secured its first U.S.-based customer, signing a multi-launch agreement with rideshare provider Spaceflight, as it works toward its first test flight of its Spectrum rocket. Isar Co-founder and […]
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Technology
In-Space Missions to Build Satellite for Asia-Pacific Rideshare Mission
In-Space Missions has signed a new partnership deal in Asia, as it looks to bounce back after the recent Virgin Orbit launch failure in the United Kingdom, which it had […]
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Rocket Lab’s Long-Awaited Mission Lifts Off From Virginia
Rocket Lab launched from the East Coast on Tuesday evening, in a milestone launch for the company that had been long delayed. An Electron rocket launched “Virginia Is For Launch […]
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Government/Military
Canada Commits to Support Commercial Space Launch
The government of Canada is making space launch a priority, announcing a series of measures on Friday to license commercial space launch from the country. Transport Canada, the nation’s federal […]
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Government/Military
SpaceX Launches the US Space Force’s Sixth GPS III Satellite
SpaceX launched the sixth GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force on a Falcon 9 mission early Wednesday morning. The Lockheed Martin-built satellite is part of the military’s work […]
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Government/Military
SpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy Mission for US Space Force with Boeing and Northrop Grumman Satellites
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lofted the Boeing and Northrop Grumman communications satellites into orbit on Jan. 15 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the USSF-67 mission for the U.S. […]
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UK Space CEOs and Virgin Orbit Customers Address the Launch Failure
It has been quite a week for the UK space industry. What was meant to mark a new era of space launch has sadly been put on hold after Virgin […]
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Connectivity
Impulse Space Books First Mission, LEO Express-1, on 2023 SpaceX Rideshare Launch
Impulse Space, an in-space transportation company founded by SpaceX founding member Tom Mueller, recently announced its first orbital mission, LEO Express-1, is booked for a slot on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 rideshare […]
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Virgin Orbit Expects to Return to Spaceport Cornwall After Launch Failure
Virgin Orbit could return to Spaceport Cornwall for a launch attempt as soon as this year, the launcher said Thursday as it is investigating the anomaly that caused the failure […]
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Rocket Factory Augsburg Plans First Mission From Scotland’s SaxaVord Spaceport
German launcher in development Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has signed a deal for its first mission late this year to lift off from the SaxaVord Spaceport on Scotland’s Shetland island. […]
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Spaceflight Signs Deal to Launch Sherpa Vehicles on Maritime Launch Services Missions
Spaceflight has signed a deal with Canada’s Maritime Launch Services to launch up to five of its Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) from missions from its Nova Scotia spaceport beginning […]
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Virgin Orbit’s First Launch from the UK Fails to Reach Orbit Due to an Anomaly
After announcing that its rocket reached orbit on a historic first mission from the United Kingdom late Monday, Virgin Orbit changed course and said there was an anomaly that prevented […]
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Window for Historic Virgin Orbit UK Launch to Open Jan. 9
The first major launch from U.K. soil could take place as early as next week. Virgin Orbit, the UK Space Agency (UKSA), Cornwall Council and the Royal Air Force announced […]
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SpaceX Kicks Off 2023 With Transporter 6 Rideshare Mission
SpaceX kicked off 2023 with a rideshare mission on Tuesday morning, launching 114 spacecraft to orbit. The mission — Transporter 6 — was the sixth in SpaceX’s series of dedicated […]
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Government/Military
Sidus Space Logs a Subcontract to Support the SLS Mobile Launcher 2
Sidus Space started 2023 with the announcement of a new contract from Bechtel Corporation to manufacture cables for the NASA Mobile Launcher 2 project. Sidus announced the contract award, Jan. 3. […]
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Top Launches to Watch in 2023
A number of anticipated satellites launched to orbit in 2022, but supply chain and labor headwinds kept other key programs grounded. Here is a round-up of the top launches of […]
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Virgin Orbit Receives the UK’s First Orbital Launch License
The United Kingdom issued Virgin Orbit the nation’s first orbital launch license, clearing the way for the first orbital launch from the UK. Virgin Orbit announced Dec. 22 that the […]
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Arianespace Suffers a Launch Failure on the Second Vega C Mission
Arianespace’s Vega C launch on Tuesday night failed, losing two Pléiades Neo satellites for customer Airbus. This was just the second launch for Vega C, Europe’s new light-lift rocket. Arianespace […]
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Rocket Lab Pushes its First Mission from Virginia to January
Rocket Lab had to push its first mission from U.S. soil to 2023 after weather issues and regulatory delays, causing millions in revenue to slip from 2022 to 2023. For […]
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Connectivity
SES Sees its First O3b mPOWER Satellites Launch With SpaceX
SES celebrated the start of a new era for the company on Friday evening, with the launch of its first O3b mPOWER satellites. The Boeing-built satellites will bring orders of […]
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Arianespace Lofts 3 Satellites to Orbit for ESA and Intelsat
Arianespace launched satellites for Europe and Intelsat in a triple-payload Ariane 5 mission on Tuesday. The mission, one of the last for the Ariane 5 rocket, launched the MTG-I1 meteorological […]
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Finance
Space Forecast: Euroconsult Estimates 2,500 Satellites Will Be Launched Per Year in the Next Decade
Euroconsult estimates that more than 2,500 satellites will be launched on average every year between now and 2031, driven by commercial constellations. The consulting firm released its flagship report, Satellites […]
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Connectivity
SpaceX Launches its First Mission for OneWeb
SpaceX performed its first mission for OneWeb on Thursday, sending 40 satellites to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) on a Falcon 9 rocket. The mission notable in two ways — it was SpaceX’s […]
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Manufacturing
Boeing Delivers First Two O3b mPOWER Satellites to SES
Boeing has delivered the first two O3b mPOWER satellites for SES ahead of launch, Boeing announced Monday. The satellites are now in Florida being prepared for launch. SpaceX is set […]
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Government/Military
Rocket Lab Creates Subsidiary for National Security Customers
Rocket Lab has created a U.S. subsidiary to serve the U.S. defense and intelligence community, Rocket Lab National Security LLC (RLNS), the company announced Dec. 1. Rocket Lab was founded […]
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Connectivity
OQ Technology’s Pathfinder 5G IoT Mission to Launch in March
OQ Technology has announced that its ‘MACSAT’ mission supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) will launch in March on a Vega-C rocket. The […]
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Intelsat Selects the Ariane 6 to Launch IS-41 and 44
Intelsat has tapped Arianespace to launch two software-defined satellites, IS-41 and IS-44, on an Ariane 6 rocket in 2025. The companies announced the launch agreement on Wednesday. Arianespace said the […]
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Arianespace to Launch 5 Satellites for Copernicus Program on Vega C Rockets
The European Commission procured five Vega C launches from Arianespace for the Copernicus program, Arianespace announced Tuesday. Arianespace will launch five Sentinel satellites for the Copernicus program from French Guiana […]
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ViaSat-3 Satellite Completes Final Integrated Satellite Test
The ViaSat-3 Americas satellite has completed its final integrated satellite test (FIST), Viasat confirmed Monday. This ensures the satellite’s payload and bus systems work after mechanical environmental testing, which simulated […]



























